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Farid Hafez has been Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Studies at Williams College since 2021. Previously, he was a researcher and lecturer at Salzburg University, Department of Political Science and Sociology. In 2017, Farid was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at University of California, Berkeley and in 2014, a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York City. He is the founding editor of the German-English Islamophobia Studies Yearbook (since 2010) and co-editor of the annual European Islamophobia Report (since 2015), a collaborative work with 40 scholars covering more than 30 European countries. He was awarded the prestigious 2010 Bruno Kreisky-Award for the Political Book of the Year for his anthology on Islamophobia in Austria. Hafez has more than 150 publications and publishes in internationally renowned journals such as Politics and Religion, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, Patterns of Prejudice, German Politics and Society. His latest include ‘The rise of global Islamophobia in the War on Terror: Coloniality, race, and Islam”(Manchester University Press, 2022) and a forthcoming anthology ‘Operation Luxor’ (Transcrip Verlag, 2023).
Rokhaya Diallo is a French journalist, writer and award-winning filmmaker, widely recognized for her work in favor of racial justice and equality. Her tireless activism has made her “one of France’s most prominent anti-racism activists” according to the New York Times. She has directed several documentaries including the award-winning “Steps to Liberty,” a film following young Americans who come to France to examine the issues of race, diversity, human rights. Her next documentary, “Acting While Black: Blackness on French Screens,” released in 2020, critically questions the place given to Black actors and actresses on French screens. She is the author of several books, including a graphic novel. She has won several awards including the LABCOM “Women in Digital Communication Award” created by French channel TF1. She contributes frequently to The Washington Post and The Guardian.